Tape serving machine



Feb. 23, 1932. L. LINK TAPE SERVING MACHINE Filed March 8, 1929 2Sheets-Sheet I :H l l l h l l l fl J wL Feb. 23, 1932'. L Ll'NK1,846,811

TAPE SERVING MACHINE Filed March 8, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 M Mg avwawbozPatented Feb. 23, 1932 UNITED" STATES PATENT OFFICE LOUIS LINK, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

Tarn snnvnve MACHINE Application filed March a,

or in other convenient positions for feeding or dispensing predeterminedlengths of gummed paper strip or tape such as commonly used for closingor securing paper wrappings.

Referring to said drawings, Fig. 1 illustrates in perspective, partsbeing broken away, a suitable form of device or machine embodying anapplication of my invention, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same,looking from left to right at Fig. 1.

3 and 4 indicate the sides or frame of the machine, spaced apart andheld by suitable tie rods or bolts such as 5. 6 and 7, the bolt 5serving as a hinge orpivotal bearing for the cover 8. The bottoms of theside plates are preferably provided with feet 9, 10 whichmay be providedwith rubber or felt base portions, if desired.

Upon the inner sides of the walls 3 and 4, are suitably secured hangers11, 12 in the bottom of which is seated a spindle 13, carrying a roll 14of paper, adapted to unwind clockwise, the free end of the same being 39indicated by the reference character 15.

Upon the lower tie rod or bolt 6, is pivotallv secured a strap orbraking member 16, normally pressed against the roll 14 by springs 17.for retarding the unwinding of the roll of paper. 5 18, 19 indicatemetallic straps secured as shown at opposite sides within the casing,and 20, 21 indicate side members pivotally mounted upon the spindle 22,which is threaded at opposite ends and provided with thumb nuts 23, 23'also threaded. so that. when the said thumb nuts are. turned in, theside guides 20, 21 are adjust-ably tensioned against theside of the roll14, and

properlyguide the same. The wheel 24 is provided with cross pieces,

1929. Serial No. 345,543.

such as 25, which may be pulled by the fingers rotating the wheel 24anticlock-wise. These finger pieces 25, are equally spaced apredetermined distance, say 3", and the outside of the case above thewheel indicated at 26, is marked with a scale indicating spacing from 3"to 24", so that, in order to cut a strip of gummed paper ofpredetermined length, the fingers are applied to the wheel atapredetermined point, and the wheel is pulled toward the operatorlooking at Fig. 1,

until the fingers strike the cut-ofi handle 27.

This handleis secured in the top of the lever 28,pivotally mounted at29, and pivotally connected at the bottom to the link 30, which in turnis pivotally connected to the bell crank 31, pivotally mounted at 32, anexpansion spring 33 being connected to the wall 4, and bell crank 31, asshown; The opposite end of the bell crank 31, is pivotally connected tothe rod 34, which. in turn is pivotally connected at- 35. to the knife36, pivotally mounted at 37, this knife bearing against the knife bar38, beveled with a cutting edge similar to the cutting edge upon theupper surface of the knife 36, so that, as the knife 36 moves upwardly,by the action of the cut-off mechanism described, the free end 15, ofthe roll of paper, is cut off, and

the under side thereof, being suitably gummed, serves for securing thewrappings of packages, etc.

The operating wheel 24 is mounted upon a shaft 39, and this shaftcarries a gear 40, meshing with pinion 43,1on shaft 42, which alsocarries a gear 41, which meshes with pin ion. 44. upon shaft 45.carrying friction rollers 46. 46'. which in turn bear against fric tionrollers 47, 47 upon shaft 48, which shaft is mounted in the side walls 3and 4 with a little vertical play. the same being pressed downwardly bysprings 49, 49', to insure proper frictional engagement or pressure forfeeding the strip of paper from the roll 14.

50 indicates a suitable metal box, seated in brackets such as 51, andbetween the side walls 3 and 4, from which point it is easily removed.This box is intended to carry water and an inverted brush, the bristles52 of which are in the path of movement of the gummed strip 15, asuitable flap 53 being adapted to lay against the side of the same. Thecover 8, when thrown closed in the position shownin dotted outline at 8,also tends to press the strip with its under side gummed against thebristles 52, which apply the water thereto, so that the strip of predetermined length, when cut, is thoroughly moistened, ready for immediateapplication- 5 to the package or wrapping. Thus the entire operation ofpredetermining the length of strip required,"and of cutting andmoistening the same, is provided for with a single sweep of the hand,the figures indicating the proper cross piece 25, according to the scaleon the outside of the case, adjacent the wheel, and in rotating thewheel toward the operator and downwardly, the hand strikes the cut-ofimechanism 27, after having fed the "required length of strip. Theoperation is thus rendered convenient, simple, expeditious, and certain,and of course, various modifications may be made in the construc- -ti6nand arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of theinvention as claimed. eI claim: a

1. .A strip feeding machine comprising a casing, strip feeding meanstherein, operating mechanism for said feedingm'eans comprising arotatable wheel having a plurality of manually engageable,circumferentially spaced members thereon, a plurality of marks 0" latedwith said wheel members, and means,

' acting in conjunction with the members on 1 the wheel, topredetermine. the lengths of V strip fed, dependent on the initialperipheral location of the member engaged by the operator.

2; A strip feeding machine comprising a casing, strip feeding meanstherein, operating mechanism for said feeding means comprisinga'rotatable wheel having a plurality of manually engageable,circumferentially spaced members thereon, a measuring scale having aplurality of marks on the casing adjacent the wheel and correlated withsaid ,Wheel members, and means, acting in conjunction with the memberson the.wheel, to predetermine the lengths of strip .fed, de-

pendent on the initial peripherallocation of the member engaged by theoperator.

3. A strip feeding machine comprising a casing, strip feeding meanstherein, operating mechanism for said feeding means comprising arotatable wheel having a pluralityof manually engageable,circumferentially and equally spaced members thereon, a plurality ofmarks on the. casing adjacent the on the casing adjacent the wheel andcorre-.

wheel and spaced ap the circum erentia 'wheel members, and

rt the same distance as a means associated with the wheel and actingpredetermining in conjunction therewith the lengths of strip-fed fromthe'inachine.

5. A strip feeding machine comprising a casing, strip feeding meanstherein,-operating means for said feeding means including a manuallyoperatable wheel, operative connections between the wheel and saidfeeding means, manually. engageable members on sai wheel whereby saidwheel can be rotated, a

measuring scale on the casing adjacent the.

path of rotation of said members and having marks thereon to indicatelengths of strip fed from the machine, the operative connections betweenthe wheel and feeding means being so proportioned that themanualmovement of any one of the wheel members alongvthe scale will feedthe strip a distance corresponding to the increment indicated on thescale.

6. A strip feeding machine comprising a casing, strip feeding meanstherein, operating mechanism for said feeding means including a manuallyrotatable wheel having circumferentially spaced members engageable bythehand of the operator, a measuradjacent the path ofmovement of saidmembers and acting in conjunction with said scale and said wheelmembersto predetering scale adjacent the path of movement of said members, andabutment means arranged mine the lengths of strip feed from thema- Xchine.

7. In a strip feeding device of the class described, a, casing, a wheelIrotatably carried by-said casing, feeding means for feedinga strip fromsaid machine, said feeding means bein always operatable ro ortionatelywith t e movement of said'w hee ,means onthe wheel .fortrotating saidwheel, and cut-off mechanism having operating means disposedadjacent thepathof movement of said means on the wheel, said means on the wheel'actinfg in conjunction with the operating means or the cut-offmechanism, to ref determine, the amount of strip fed, depen ent upon theperipheral location of the point at which theoperator grasps said meanson the wheel.

i eee en 8. ship feeding ievice of theelass dese r hed a casmg, .11Wheel netmtehly mounted thereenr feeding means for the stri said feedingmeans being always operatah e pm portionately with the movement of saidrwheel, means on the wheel for rotating said wheel and cut-0E mechanismhaving oper'mh ingmeans disposed adjacent the path of I xnbvement fsaid; means on the wheel, said Wheel being rotatable always in the samedirection.

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